boozy, used yellow chartuse. very complex and balanced.

Just outstanding. For what it's worth, I'm getting low on Green Chartreuse so did a back to back comparison of one with Chartreuse and one with Génépy le Chamois. Bombay Dry 43 and Luxardo in both. You maybe lose a little complexity with the Génépy but both were lovely.

What a lovely cocktail, I made mine with Dolin Genepy, instead of Green Chartreuse, so hard to buy right now. Thanks for the history! I think Frank Fogarty is a distant relative and chuckled when I read about him in the history. My grandfather was born a few years before Frank, John J Fogarty also born in Tipperary.

Thanks for the response Simon. By the way, a suggestion for the site. I like the fact we can see our comments, but it would be more useful if they also linked back to the original comments list, otherwise the context gets a bit lost. Thanks again.

did it equal parts, first time with Haymans Old Tom, don't recommend that one -the additional layer of flavor it adds strangely develops some kind of metallic feeling in the roof of my mouth.

Retried with Tanqueray 47.3% - more balanced, but still...it's like an ultraviolet color for your eyes, you see only the part of it, and the other part - just irritates your vision...hope I make myself clear. :)

In conclusion, I lean towards somewhat taming the gin, will update with results.

Echoing some other comments, I feel that a classic cocktail such as this should be listed with the classic 1:1:1:1 ratio, even if you, as an expert, prefer as different ratio, which can be added to the review of to a seperate "(Diffords Version)" recipe. I do prefer your ratio though, thanks for improving this classic cocktail!

Just as an FYI in these trying time, Genepy fills in fairly nicely in this one.

A bit confused… the Last Word is known as one of the quintessential equal parts cocktails. So… this is not a classic Last Word. It’s a variant. Which is fine… I actually just made both this recipe and the equal parts version and am sipping them side-by-side. I’m honestly not sure which one I like better. But… that’s not the point. This should have some indicator that the classic recipe as accepted as standard has been tweaked. Like “Difford’s recipe”? But nothing even mentions the tweak.